Name of Recipe: Cheesey vegie muffins
Number of People:18 medium muffins
Ingredients:1 medium zucchini - washed and cut into chunks
1 large carrot - washed and cut into chunks
1 onion - peeled and halved
1 small to medium red or green capsucim - in chunks
1/2 cup corn kernels
3 rashers bacon, or an equivalent amount of ham
1 cup grated cheese (can grate in TMX first)
1 cup SR flour (I used wholemeal)
1/4 cup olive oil
4 eggs
breadcrumbs or cornflake crumbs - about 1/4 cup
Optional: sliced tomato
Preparation:Grate the cheese first if using the TMX to grate. Set aside.
Put the carrot, capsicum and zucchini in the TMX bowl. Chop 3-4 seconds speed 5. Set aside.
Dont bother washing the bowl.
Put bacon/ham and onion into TMX bowl. Chop 3-4 seconds speed 5.
I lightly fried the ham and onion in a frypan - but you could saute them in the TMX at this point if you like.
Add the chopped vegetables, corn kernels, eggs and oil to the bacon and onion mix.
Stir on reverse, speed 2-3 for 5 seconds.
Add flour and cheese and season with salt and pepper if required.
Mix on reverse, speed 3-4 for 5 seconds, or until well combined.
Put into individual muffin tins. You can place a slice of tomato on top of each muffin if you like at this point.
Sprinkle with breadcrumbs or cornflake crumbs and optional extra grated cheese.
Bake in a moderate oven 30-40 minutes or until browned.
Tips/Hints:My mother always used to make a zucchini/vegetable/cheese slice that we got sooooo sick of as kids - especially in zucchini season! But these little muffins are cute and delicious looking - better than the slice - and really tasty.
They would be a great addition for a lunchbox.
Vegetarians could omit the ham/bacon.
If you wanted to add a little boost - you could add some sweet chilli sauce into the batter. My kids just dip the muffins into sweet chilli sauce and suck the sauce off them
You could also "hide" other types of vegies in these too.
members' commentsSnoozie - I had no capsicum so put another zucchini in. I like them. Didn't bother with breadcrumbs or extra cheese.
bigTcup - didn't have any zucchini so put a tomato & some broccoli in - yummy. I over cooked them slightly (I blame DD2 & DS3) but were still edible. Will make again.
astarra - Just got these out of the oven - they smell divine!! Couldn't resist - delicious! Also didn't put capsicum in - extra zucchini as one of the previous posts said and also didn't put the breadcrumbs and extra cheese on. Oh just realised I didn't put the salt & pepper in either ... wow! Still turned out beautiful and I thank you. These even got a thumbs up from DH!!!!!!!!!!
MJ - These were delicious! I only used 1/4 cup grated cheese and added half a block of crumbled fetta. Yum!
